Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo
- Series:
- Recollections of Tokyo
- Date:
- 1945
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
Description
"Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace," from the 1945 series "Recollections of Tokyo," depicts one of the capital's most iconic architectural subjects at the end of a war that would transform the city beyond recognition. The Niju Bridge — the double-arched stone bridge that provides the main ceremonial approach to the Imperial Palace — is rendered with the weight of both the artist's affection for the city and his awareness that he was recording a Tokyo that would not survive the war's conclusion. The series title "Recollections" is itself retrospective: memories of a place in the process of being destroyed.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo was created by Onchi Koshiro (恩地孝四郎) in 1945.
Yes — Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo is part of the Recollections of Tokyo series by Onchi Koshiro.
Niju Bridge at the Imperial Palace, from the series Recollections of Tokyo depicts landscapes, bridges, and architecture, set at Tokyo.